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Antoni Sułkowski (chancellor)
Antoni Sułkowski (11 June 1735 – 16 April 1796) was a Polish statesman, voivode of Gniezno and Kalisz, lieutenant-general of the Crown army, 3rd ordynat of Rydzyna. Sułkowski served as the last Chancellor of Poland from 1793 to 1795. Antoni Sułkowski was born on 11 June 1735 in Dresden. His father was Aleksander Józef Sułkowski and his mother Maria Anna Franiciszka Katarzyna née von Stain und Jettingen. References {{Poland-politician-stub 18th-century people from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 18th-century Polish military personnel Sułkowski family 1735 births 1796 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rydzyna
Rydzyna (pronounced ) is a historic town in western Poland, located in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, 10 km south of Leszno, in the Leszno County, close to the main Poznań - Wrocław highway Expressway S5 (Poland), S5. The town's population is 2,446 (2006). It was the seat of King Stanisław Leszczyński during his first short reign from 1704 to 1709. Rydzyna is commonly referred to as "the pearl of the Baroque in Poland, Polish Baroque" due to its preserved Old Town core and a high abundance of historical monuments. History It was founded at the beginning of the 15th century by Jan from Czernina, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Czernina, a descendant of the Wierzbna coat of arms, Wierzbno family, a knight of king Władysław II Jagiełło. Rydzyna was a private town, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship (14th century to 1793), Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chancellor Of Poland
The Chancellor of Poland ( - , from ), officially, the Grand Chancellor of the Crown between 1385 and 1795, was one of the highest officials in the historic Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. This office functioned from the early Polish kingdom of the 12th century until the end of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795. A respective office also existed in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since the 16th century. Today the office of the chancellor has been replaced by that of the Prime Minister. The Chancellors' powers rose together with the increasing importance of written documents. In the 14th century the office of Chancellor of Kraków () evolved into the Chancellor of the Crown () and from that period the chancellor powers were greatly increased, as they became responsible for the foreign policy of the entire Kingdom (later, the Commonwealth). The Chancellor was also supposed to ensure the legality of monarch's actions, especially whether or not they could be considered illega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Józef Sułkowski
Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (15 March 1695 – 21 May 1762) was a Polish general and the progenitor of the Sułkowski noble line. He was politically active in Poland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and in the Electorate of Saxony. Born in Kraków, Sulkowski was a favourite protégé of king Augustus III of Poland and acted as his Minister of State in Saxony from 1733 to 1738. He was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1733, and elevated to the rank of Prince of Bielsko by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1754. According to some sources, Alexander Joseph was an illegitimate son born to Elżbieta Szalewska and king Augustus II the Strong, making him Augustus III's half-brother. Elżbieta's husband, Stanisław Sułkowski, gave Alexander Joseph his last name. On 31 October 1728, Sulkowski married Baroness Marie Franciszka von Stain zu Jettingen (). They had eight children. In 1743, he married Countess Anna Przebendowska (25 July 17211795), with whom he had four chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century People From The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
